Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor

#1..I STRONGLY suggest that if you haven`t seen any of the other Ikkitousen titles,that you put Xtreme Xecutor on hold an watch the first Ikkitousen..many flashback are used through out the series,and you can find yourself lost as to what is going on if you haven`t seen any of the other titles first....but if you are looking for a series where the main characters are beautiful yet dangerously powerful women*!THIS IS THE SERIES YOU`VE BEEN WAITING FOR*!

What can I say about this season that I didn't say about the others, except for the fact that I am glad that I am done with this series. I wonder how a show this bad got 4 seasons when other clearly better one did not. Once again the "fate" plot is back again with a vengeance, people are trying to avoid their fates, kan'u still has a thing for ruby, and Hakufu is still stupid. Pretty much, everything you've seen so far from the other season will be in this one, with the exception of a new character. One thing I should mention isthat trying to find the first episode online on anime sites will lead to episode 5 instead, I don't know why or how, but just keep in mind: episode 1= episode 5.

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile. ------ Somewhat review for the whole franchise. By somewhat I mean a minimally, as I watched previous seasons many years ago. ✦Story The whole story I'll sum up in a following way. Story is basically about martial artists who use power of historical and legendarry warriors. That's all you need. There is plenty of character development and depth to a story whilst staying now and then simple as fodder for fights. Story I didn't mind for the most times, it was fun to know about various powers and cause oftheir fights. Probably story presentation wise only complaint I have and a big complaint as it's something I despise in general, are they rapey themes. ✦Art&Sound Music and OST is quite enjoyable and hype at times. So don't have much complaint for the sound part, it's good, but nothing amazing. As for art I have a quite a specific complaint about it. It's a fanservice anime obviously, but usually with fanservice you either get cute fanservice, lewd fanservice, sexy/hot fanservice and so on, but with this anime it felt really "loose" type of women fanservice, not sure if s word is allowed in reviews thus the "loose" word. Anyhow, women were here hot, but not in a enjoyable way. They really felt loose type of hot, which was a huge turnoff. Ofcourse style of clothing was also pretty loose. Good for those who like breast, as this franchise offers lot of clothes being ripped and also western type of body types and clothes with "loose" vibe that they ooze with. Anyhow, art was for most part good, fights were cool, could see lot of women, but style was simply not nice for me at all. Looseness regarding fanservice is worst type of fanservice for me. ✦Character There are a lot of characters in this franchise. Some are good, some are okay, some literally annoy the hell out of me. Lot of s...."loose" type of women as well and plenty of rapists on both gender sides... But development and the links between all of the characters nevertheless left off a good impression. ✦Enjoyment & Overall It's been like 7 years since I watched last "Ikki Tousen" , score'wise it seems that I used to enjoy it more than now. But yeah the obvious things that I pointed out that I disliked and big factor for it. I did like the fights and plenty of chicks. But yeah, biggest downside which miracously didn't lower score that much was the whole thematic of "looseness" that anime simply oozed of.. was absolutely a biggest turnoff of this anime. Feel like this was more of a personal view rant, but ehm that what reviews basically are. Each viewer creates their own point of view and dislikes&likes regarding what is being "reviewed" . Mine simply changes its shape now and then. Feedback is welcome on my blog where review system is being explained. To sum it all up. Ikkitousen is a good franchise, if you don't like fanservice, that I do not recommend to watch this at all as it's one of the pinnacle of annoying fanservice anime. (for me), but if you like any sorts of fanservice and on top of the this type of "looseness" style, then its your Anime. As well if you want to watch for most part cool martial arts fight sequences, then it's as well your anime.

Ikkitousen XX felt a bit like a return to form after the last season's diversion. That could be a good or bad thing depending on how you felt about the second season, personally I like when the show leans more into the grounded slice of life stuff and doesn't rely too much on the poorly defined dragon magic and historical battles as a narrative device. I like the inclusion of the new tomboy character, adding a fresh face can sometimes liven up a stagnant story. Every other character seems to be pretty much unchanged from previous seasons, with perhaps the exception of Hakufu briefly takingon a mentor role. Honestly the training montage where she keeps getting famous quotes wrong is one of the highlights of the show. The whole misadventure of the fake tournament that leads everyone to that island with all the boring dragon magic stuff was... boring. This is a titty fighting anime, don't get so bogged down in lore that's needlessly complicated while somehow managing to remain incredibly vague. The last episode also has what feels like a really rushed final confrontation that doesn't go anywhere, and it almost felt like they were trying to start and then wrap up and entirely new story arc all within the second half of a single episode. The heavy use of stills really contributed to the feeling of a rushed production. Overall, Ikkitousen is and always has been pretty much exactly what it says on the box, a cross section of history porn and actual porn. 7/10